In the parlance of campaign schedulers, this is "down time" for Walter
Mondale, a chance to recover from one ordeal on the stump and gird for
the next. With the Democratic nomination apparently in hand, Mondale
loafed about his woodsy $200,000 house in North Oaks, Minn., swatted a
tennis ball and pondered his choice of running mate. His aides,
however, spent much of last week fretting about his unruly rivals. Gary
Hart would not quit. Jesse Jackson was making threatening sounds. The
Mondale camp's...